Letter: Tax changes

After all, ‘tis the season of love and taxes, and ya gotta love them both.

I think all tax breaks are offensive. If there are two things Americans love, it is fairness and honesty. Federal taxes are neither. With more than 62,000 pages of Internal Revenue Service rules, regulations and exemptions, U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is fighting a losing battle if he thinks he can change some IRS rules and come up with a reasonable proposal. In addition, there are hundreds of exemptions Congress approves by burying them in pet bills. Some want a flat rate and a postcard. On that one, I think verification of income might be tough.

I recently read in Tell it to The Chieftain of one man’s desire to nationalize all off-shore accounts, confiscate the money and return trillions of dollars to our shores. Those trillions of dollars are off-shore for a reason. If there was any kind of fairness in our tax code, those trillions would be here working to create jobs.

So what are we to do? Let’s all get a tax break by eliminating the federal income tax and replacing it with a national sales tax. Wouldn’t it be nice to look at your paycheck and realize you get to keep the whole thing.

There is one more thing Americans love and that is to spend money. Our whole economy is based on spending and the consumer price index. If we had a national sales tax, even the Kennedys, perhaps for the first time, would participate. April 15 could become just another beautiful spring day. Life can be made simpler, and replacing the all consuming federal and state income tax would be a step in the right direction.